Seven people in Orange County were among 157 arrested in Southern California over the past two months in an operation targeting international street gangs, federal immigration authorities said Thursday.

Anaheim and Placentia police aided federal agents as part of Operation Southbound, which included 757 arrests nationwide between March 12 and April 13, according to an announcement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ICE said the operation targeted gangs affiliated with the Sureños, a multinational gang with more than 30,000 members in cliques around the country that is linked to the Mexican Mafia.

Andrew Muñoz, an ICE spokesman, said two people were arrested on criminal charges in Orange County and five on administrative immigration charges. Their names and details of the charges weren’t immediately available. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office didn’t have any details on the criminal cases, and a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in L.A. said it appeared no federal criminal charges had been filed.

Police spokesmen in Anaheim and Placentia said they were not aware of the operation.

In addition to the seven in Orange County, 99 people were arrested in Los Angeles County, 21 in Ventura County, 17 in San Diego County, nine in Imperial County and four in Riverside and San Bernardino counties combined. ICE said agents with its Homeland Security Investigations unit seized 19 weapons during the Southern California operation.

ICE spokesmen said 129 of those arrested in Southern California face criminal charges including weapons and drug violations, while 28 face immigration charges and possible deportation.

Almost three-quarters of those arrested nationally were Sureño gang members or associates, ICE said. They came from at least 19 countries in South and Central America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

Of 638 gang members or associates, 414 had “violent criminal histories,” ICE said. An additional 119 people were arrested on immigration violations or non-gang-related criminal charges.

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